@ShadowTheBurningWizard Shog isn't really one CM though. He has a presence and commands a level of respect (OK, and hate, in some quarters) across the network that no other employee and very few users (Jon Skeet maybe) can match.

@curious Too much to copy/paste, but basically a user thought that a comment starting with "Dude" was sexist. SO mod disagreed and declined a red flag on the comment. Tim Post said that position was unacceptable

Every single one of the CMs would be a painful departure. Some may not be as well known to the broader network, but they've all been working their collective behinds off trying to keep this place from falling apart.

@Mithical eh sometimes people part ways for reasons neither side likes but both sides understand. I recall this happening last year to Blizz where a well liked and known CM was laid off. Everybody understood the 'why' and nobody liked it.

@djsmiley2kindarkness Sure, as long as we're not stating things as facts that aren't confirmed yet... I'm honestly not sure if I can deal with another rumour mill where I don't know or can't talk about the facts again. So I'd really appreciate it if everybody could just make do with whatever we get :/

eh, iunno, i feel like at this point nothing that has been done can be linked directly to the new CEO, or joel, for that matter. considering neither really seem to... communicate in ways we normal people can see. you can of course speculate/assume..

Also, just so everyone has the full picture, there have been cases where he's used swear words and called users here bad things. (Not making an overall opinion of him, just adding in more facts to the bowl.) See scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/a/12184

And while we can point to a handful of cases where, under enormous pressure, Shog said something that wasn't polite, I can also point to hundreds of cases where he was unfailingly civil in the face of outright trolling. So...